Robbery in Reading

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 20-year-old man was robbed and assaulted in Reading on Saturday.

Between 12.15am and 1am the victim was walking home along Duke Street from town when a man approached him. After a brief conversation the offender asked to use the victim's phone, to which he replied no.

The offender then punched the victim in the face causing him to fall to the floor. He went through the victims pockets and stole his phone and wallet.

The offender is a white man in his early twenties, around 5ft 10ins, slim, with very light coloured short hair. He was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans.

The victim suffered a bruised and split lip but did not require hospital treatment.

Detective Constable Brian Simmonds said: "I am appealing for witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious or who saw the offenders in the area at the time to come forward."